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Grecia is the Executive Director of Latino Voices, an organization formed in 2019 with a mission to connect and inform the Latino Community in Carver County with resources, news, events, and activities that will improve their livelihoods and give them opportunities to thrive and succeed. Grecia and her team also help people in our local…

The origin of this business is an incredible story of faith, grace and the impact of someone seeing the value in a person even when they are at their lowest. Kris’s personal story is one of trauma, addiction, recovery and ultimately, paying it forward. Kris and Rachel have big goals to give people a chance…

I just love this what this organization is doing to help kids who have been permanently removed from their birth parents by protective services and who are currently in Foster Care, waiting to find their “Forever Family”. They do this by producing an individual video that showcases these kids with their personalities and interests out…

“Elections matter” seems to be plastered all over the media these days.  The elections that have the most direct impact on the day to day lives of voters are arguably the local races such as city council, school board seats and county commissioners.  You get taxed, you get services.  In Eastern Carver County, one of…

What Minnesota institution of higher learning has the highest ROI (return on investment) on tuition dollars spent relative to earning??? Dunwoody College of Technology has been turning out highly productive workers since 1914 and according to several metrics, has the best return on investment for your educational dollar. President Rich Wagner talks about the innovations,…

Bob Roepke is a local legend for his extensive community involvement dating back to the early ’80s.  Bob and I visit about the leadership qualities he likes to see in elected officials as we come into 2022 elections next month.  His life is an example of service to the community and he loves to talk…

Jill Zieroth discusses the future of the family dairy farm in Minnesota.  The MDI comes along side the farmer with a full menu of support and expertise ranging from nutrition to planting cycles, veterinary care to financial management. If you care about where your food comes from regardless of political affiliatiation this is an important…

Amanda Bloomgren loves llamas and promises if you are nice to llamas, llamas will be nice to you. In addition to llamas, Amanda has a soft spot for supporting causes that build support networks for young adults in crisis. She’s tying the two together at the Carver County Fairground on October 8th. Join Amanda at…

Have you ever thought about being a foster parent? Good 🙂 Carver County Foster Care Supervisor Clint Mack explains what the needs are here and how you can be a foster parent so you can support kids and families. Opportunities beyond being a host family include being a “respite care” family who helps out when…

Chaska High School Football Coach Bryan Dahl on developing great humans, doing daily hard stuff and oh yeah, winning a lot of football games. Bryan is an inspired leader who is a tremendous asset to the community. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greg-anderson29/message